Spanner



R. c. WOODVILLE. SPANNE R.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1920.

Patented May 17, 1921 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFi-cE-"l RICHARD GATONWOODVILLE,

OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR T OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

SPANNER.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented May 1'7, 1921.

Application filed November 23, 1920. Serial No. 426,078.

T 0 allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD CATON' agonal form, a portion of one of thelong.

sides being cut away to form a gate permitting retrograde movements ofthe spanner.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 aside elevation.

As shown, the improved spanner is provided with a handle and a headhaving a box opening 1 of elongated hexagonalform a portion of one ofthe long sides 2 being cut away at 3 to form a gate. In use, the sidesadjacent one end of the elongated opening in the spanner are used ARTHURBYNER,

in rotating the nut or boltin' one direction and the sides adjacent theopposite end in turning the nut or bolt head in the other direction. Intightening or slackening a nut or bolt the spanner is brought'out ofengagement with one series of flats of the nut or bolt and brought intoengagement with another series without removing the spanner from the nut0r bolt by moving the spanner in the desireddireetion, the gate.permitting retrograde movements of the spanner.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of mysaid'invention and in what manner the same is to be per formed, Ideclare that what I claim'is A spanner consisting of a head havinganhexagonal opening formed therein,tw'o opposite sides of the hexagonbeing elongated and one of'said elongated sides being cut away at aportion intermediate the ends thereof to form a gate for permittingretrograde movements of the spanner. a In testimony whereof'I havehereunto set my hand.

RICHARD CATON wooDvrL-Ln.

